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The fast-talking glamorous musical drama set in a 1930s Chicago radio studio A radio caper set in Hollywood's Golden Age, Big Broadcast sees radio station WKAZ's most successful programme, 'The Hour of Charm', face trouble from gangsters, sponsors, moral guardians and politics, not to mention...

In this witty and romantic debut novel, Jane Austen’s Emma meets the misadventures of Manhattan’s modern dating scene as two lifelong friends discover that, in the search for love, you sometimes don’t have to look any further than your own backyard—perfect for fans of Bridget Jones’s...

For three years, Song Yan has filled the emptiness of her Beijing apartment with the tentative notes of her young piano students. She gave up on her own career as a concert pianist many years ago, but her husband Bowen, an executive at a car company, has long rebuffed her pleas to have a child. He resists even when his mother arrives from the southwestern Chinese region of Yunnan and begins her own campaign for a grandchild. As tension in the household rises, it becomes harder for Song Yan to keep her usual placid demeanor.

Unfinished Business focuses on an ordinary suburban office worker, fundamentally weak but always keeping his eyes fixed on some horizon where a heightened, romantic, better world must surely exist. Faced with the regular stuff of life - work, aspiration, marriage, age, divorce, bereavement - his ordinary plight is sharpened, becoming increasingly urgent. Having lived in a modern condition, confusing pleasure with happiness, wanting the dream to deliver, what do you do when you notice the shadows begin to lengthen on the lawn?

Berlin, 1922: Die Weimarer Republik steuert auf die Inflation zu und die Nachwehen der Revolution haben sich noch nicht gelegt, als Artur, Isi und Carl nur knapp einem Mordanschlag durch rechte Verschwörer entgehen. Artur macht seinem Ruf alle Ehre und schlägt gnadenlos zurück. Derweil leidet Carl unter Regisseur Fritz Lang, für den er an "Dr. Mabuse" arbeitet, und gerät in den Bann des neuartigen Tonfilms. Und dann ist da noch die Sorge um Isi, die Schöne und Starrköpfige, die seit dem Anschlag Streit mit jedem sucht.

Kitty Hart has become internet famous as the Kitty Whisperer for her expertise on all things feline, and as a result, her cat-sitting business is booming. But lately, she has a terrible feeling that maybe her life isn’t quite going where it’s supposed to—especially after falling face-first into her newest client. Not exactly the best first impression. Fortunately, Miles Thorn is just as bad at first impressions. Strike one: he doesn’t like cats, especially Prince Francis, the haughty and mischievous Sphynx his mom left in his care.

From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Imperfectionists, the story of a chameleonic writer, and the indelible characters in her orbit, in a novel about love, the power of art, and what we leave behind. “When a Tom Rachman novel lands in the bookstores, I stop living and...

Grand Life Apartments is a middle-class apartment block surrounded by lush gardens in the coastal city of Chennai, India. It is the home of Kamala, a pious, soon-to-be retired dentist who spends her days counting down to the annual visits from her daughter who is studying in the UK. Her neighbour, Revathi, is a thirty-two-year-old engineer who is frequently reminded by her mother that she has reached her expiry date in the arranged marriage market. Jason, a British chef, has impulsively moved to India to escape his recent heartbreak in London.

Hace 24 años, Beau Garrett abandonó a su mejor amigo y socio de negocios hacia una muerte innecesaria. Un error que todavía le persigue hasta el día de hoy. Sin saberlo, el hijo del hombre muerto es ahora el mejor cantinero de su club nocturno, y está decidido a vengarse. ¿Podrá Sean descubrir la verdad antes de su propia muerte? Prepárate para un viaje entretenido y salvaje.

Embark on an extraordinary journey through the segregated South of 1957 with Drunetta Brown, a woman determined to rewrite her story of struggle and heartbreak. Fleeing her shattered dreams and an alcoholic husband, Drunetta takes her children to New York City for a fresh start. There, she finds unexpected allies in Raycie, a talented bar singer, and Rose, a devoted church secretary. As Drunetta navigates the challenges of her new life, her friendships become her lifeline, offering the strength she needs to carve her own path in a changing world.

The Law of Innocence:Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! * INSPIRATION FOR THE ORIGINAL SERIES THE LINCOLN LAWYER – THE #1 TV SHOW ON NETFLIX Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller is back on the job in this heart-stopping thriller from a...

Finding himself caught in the grind of working in the downtown restaurant scene and nightlife, Hayden seeks a break through an acting program. While working to develop his craft and hone his acting skills, Hayden becomes enraptured by a beautiful young model, Camilla Arden, who he tries to woo over the course of the program, when she is not out trotting the globe. Landing a job at an exclusive downtown restaurant, Hayden struggles to make his dreams a reality.

Brooklyn's Hasidic community of Lubavitchers is turned upside down when family tragedy strikes and everyday life changes forever for Zev Altshul. He is first placed into the care of the closed and close-knit community where he grew up, but soon realizes he can't stay. His saving grace is handball, his gift from God, and the one thing he can rely on as he is shuttled, chased, and abandoned by trusted elders, family, and friends. Even as Zev never fully escapes from the guilt of his choices, he sets course across the United States to discover where loyalty really lies and what it means.

When Rolling Stone journalist Kayla McCray is assigned a cover story on pop icon Lexi Mayhem, Kayla stumbles across a startling new angle to the exposé. Years ago, another rising star from Lexi’s past mysteriously leaped to her death. Some things are better off forgotten, Lexi says. Kayla disagrees. It’s 2005 and Ava Petrova moves to New York with a notebook full of songs and a dream. Then she meets Lexi, an up-and-coming singer who brands Ava with an enigmatic new stage name and introduces her to an intoxicating city alive with possibilities.

Jacob Grove grew up in a house that looked like it swallowed Versailles, well not quite that big, but it was an impressive estate on the water in Kingspoint, New York. Every year his parents, Peggy and Daniel Grove had a small Halloween party. In 1992 due to unforeseen circumstances, the party was canceled. The circumstances were that a neighbor plowed Daniel over with his Ferrari while he was bent over picking up dog poop. It was the dog's last poop, and as it turned out, it was Daniel's last poop as well.

Chicago Street Corner Stories starts with a kind of spiritual walking tour in Graceland Cemetery to hear what the ghosts are saying. Wright's descriptions of seasons and vignettes, interspersed with remembrances of people, both famous and personal, who have influenced the rich history and diverse culture of the great city of Chicago, immerse the listener in a truly personal experience. Nostalgia meets the present, and introspection reveals lessons learned and imparted. Life itself is a blessing and that our stories are proof of its abundant benefit.

"One of the year's most delightful rom-coms."—New York Times bestselling author Julia London on The Dachshund Wears Prada The perfect romcom for dog lovers! Pets of Park Avenue is the story of a self-confessed hot mess who learns that life is more fun when things don't go according to...

Old Michael Snowdon returns to London with an inheritance that he determines should go towards helping the poor—but goodness and charity are not to play a part here. Everyone has an agenda, and scheming spreads through the story like a disease. Gissing’s own experience of London as an outsider in a vast city that both fascinated and appalled him gave him the tools and the drive to create a visceral sense of place. Life is unremittingly grim for just about everyone, from the weak and well-intentioned Jane to the coarse, cunning Clem Peckover and her feckless rival Pennyloaf Candy.

Join Keith as he opens windows on peoples’ loves, lives, hopes, and dreams—some humorous, some sad. Keith performs a series of works prompted by his favorite pastime—people watching. Each story progressively builds a picture of a life from a first day at school. We meet a West Country Marilyn Monroe and fall in love with a Welsh Audrey Hepburn. We meet Miss Rebecca of Paris and see if diamonds are a girl’s best friend. We grow old and reminisce.

The Trimmed Lamp and Other Stories of the Four Million by O. Henry includes "The Trimmed Lamp", "A Madison Square Arabian Night", "The Rubaiyat of a Scotch Highball", "The Pendulum", "Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen", "The Assessor of Success", "The Buyer from Cactus City", "The Badge of Policeman O'Roon", "Brickdust Row", "The Making of a New Yorker", "Vanity and Some Sables", "The Social Triangle", "The Purple Dress", "The Foreign Policy of Company 99", "The Lost Blend", "A Harlem Tragedy", "The Guilty Party—An East Side Tragedy", "According to Their Lights", and more.